Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine’s military reports significant fall in fighting
Ukraine’s military said there had been a significant decrease in attacks by pro-Russian separatists in the east overnight, but said rebels had fired GRAD missiles at the town of Avdiivka despite a two-week-old ceasefire deal. …read more Source: The Sunday...
New deal with Russia raising East-West tensions
A recent agreement signed between South Cyprus and Russia to allow Russian navy vessels to dock in Cyprus ports has raised concerns in the UK. The controversial deal allows heavily armed Russian warships to dock in Cypriot ports, a move which was “worrying and disappointing” according to some British MPs. Tension is on the increase between the...
Ukraine’s military reports significant fall in fighting
The truce had been most fully observed around the rebel-controlled city of Luhansk and near government-held Mariupol on the Sea of Azov. …read more Source: World...
Outspoken Putin critic shot dead
Boris Nemtsov, a charismatic Russian opposition leader, was gunned down ahead of a planned protest against the government. ||| Moscow – Boris Nemtsov, a charismatic Russian opposition leader and sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin, was gunned down on Saturday near the Kremlin, just a day before a planned protest against the...
Russian opposition leader Nemtsov shot dead in Moscow, police hunt killers
Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s involvement in the war in Ukraine, was shot dead steps from the Kremlin in central Moscow late on Friday. Nemtsov, 55, was shot four times in the back by assailants in a white car as he walked across a bridge over the Moskva River with...
Russian opposition leader Nemtsov shot dead, police hunt killers
Boris Nemtsov, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s role in the Ukraine crisis, was shot dead steps from the Kremlin … …read more Source: Gulf...
Russian Opposition Leader Nemtsov shot dead
Russian opposition leader and critic of President Vladimir Putin, Boris Nemtsov, has been shot dead near the Kremlin, just a day before a planned protest against the government. Nemtsov’s death ignited a fury among opposition figures who assailed the Kremlin for creating an atmosphere of intolerance of any dissent and called the killing an...
Russia complains to Lithuania about its arms supply to Ukraine
Russia said Lithuania was violating the international Arms Trade Treaty as well as European Union and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe agreements. …read more Source: World...
Russian opposition leader Nemtsov shot dead in Moscow
By Alexander Winning and Timothy Heritage Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s involvement in the war in Ukraine, was shot dead steps from the Kremlin in central Moscow late on Friday. Nemtsov, 55, was shot four times in the back by assailants in a white car as he walked...
Ukraine leader says troop deaths ‘serious breach’ of truce
Latest skirmishes come as UN geared up to discuss conflict one year after Russia seized Crimean… …read more Source:...
